10.With smart phones taking the world by storm,a phone that can only send and receive voice calls and text messages may seem like a relic from a past age.Yet in East Africa,simple phones like these are changing the face of the economy,thanks to the"mobile money"services that are spreading across the area.These services allow people without a bank account (賬戶) or credit card to use their phone as an electronic wallet that can be used to store,send or receive cash (現(xiàn)金).
Using the mobile money service,users have to enter a number and password into the phone,so any money that is stored on it should be safe even if the mobile phone is lost.
There are tens of thousands of local agents in Kenya.For some the system is a lifeline."If I didn't have my mobile phone,I would be very poor,"says Neyasse Neemur,a mother of four children who lives in the Turkana district of northern Kenya."Now I can sell fish."Neemur took up fishing in July last year.She needed to dry her catch and sell it elsewhere.A truck from Ethiopia to Tanzania passes through her village once a week,and she had the driver take the fish several hundred kilometres south to market in Kisumu,where relatives sell the fish."I get the money transfer (中轉(zhuǎn)) immediately,"says Neemur."Then I can pay for my children to go to school and for food.And I have bought two goats,"she adds,"so I don't need to eat fish."
1.The author wrote this passage mainly toD.
A.a(chǎn)dvertise the fish caught by Neyasse Neemur
B.introduce a new bank account
C.introduce new smart phones
D.introduce a new mobile service
2.What are the number and password used for?D
A.Making sure the service is legal.
B.Making sure the phone won't be lost.
C.Making sure more money can be made.
D.Making sure any money stored on the phone is safe.
3.The author gives the example of Neyasse Neemur toB.
A.tell readers people in Kenya live on fish
B.prove that for some the mobile money service is a lifeline
C.show that there are tens of thousands of local agents
D.tell readers an interesting story.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了一種新的移動服務風靡東非,它使得移動設備上的金錢更加安全.
解答 1.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段Yet in East Africa,simple phones like these are changing the face of the economy,thanks to the"mobile money"services that are spreading across the area可知文章的目的是介紹一種新的移動服務;故選D
2.D.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段Using the mobile money service,users have to enter a number and password into the phone,so any money that is stored on it should be safe even if the mobile phone is lost可知號碼和密碼是用來使儲存在電話上的錢安全;故選D
3.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段For some the system is a lifeline."If I didn't have my mobile phone,I would be very poor,"says Neyasse Neemur可知Neyasse Neemur的例子為了說明對一些人而言移動貨幣服務是生命;故選B.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.